Juliet the Maniac

A Bustle MOST ANTICIPATED NOVEL of 2019
A Nylon MOST ANTICIPATED NOVEL of 2019

"For fans of Ottessa Moshfegh, Juliet the Maniac is a worthy new entry in that pantheon of deconstruction ... Dazzling."—NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

“To read Juliet the Maniac is to confront our shared faith in the flawed logic of life’s meaning, and by so doing, become worthier of our humanity … a gift to any reader who has ever lost control, sighted a horizon and began moving toward it.”—THE WASHINGTON POST

  "Juliet the Maniac is a wild ride of a book, and I was rooting for Juliet every page along the way."—CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS

"A force that shouldn't be ignored — an illuminating examination of youth and soul-crushing pressure."—BUZZFEED

"[With] heft and a sense of authenticity, Escoria earns the readers' trust early ... Juliet the Maniac is a heartfelt, raw, powerfully told story about surviving mental illness and learning to cope with inner demons."—NPR.org

"Escoria’s descriptions are moving ... It’s the electricity that pulsates from within the prose. [A] fire burning inside."—BOMB

"Juliet Escoria has created a propulsive, addictive story … told with a singular honesty; it can feel brutal—it burns—but it’s also illuminating, and a necessary counterpoint to all those teenage stories that marginalize the girl we actually want to read about.”—NYLON

“[An] exciting first novel … Juliet the Maniac is one of those coming-of-age stories that will feel so darn personal, you'll wonder if Escoria had a secret recording device in your own teenage heart.”—BUSTLE

“An author to watch.”—MICHAEL SCHAUB, LOS ANGELES TIMES